Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.

Scientists make a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic causes of spina bifida, a serious birth defect affecting thousands of newborns each year.

New Research Published in Nature Offers Hope for Understanding and Preventing Common Birth Defect San Diego—April 1, 2025– Scientists at Rady Children’s

Exome sequencing of 851 trios from more than 2,500 individuals finds 187 genes with de novo mutations that contribute to meningomyelocele (spina bifida) and highlights critical pathways required for n...